Climbing adaptations, locomotory disparity and ecological convergence in ancient stem ‘kangaroos’
Living kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos (Macropodoidea) constitute the most ecologically diverse radiation of Australasian marsupials. Indeed, even their hallmark bipedal hopping gait has been variously modified for bounding, walking and climbing. However, the origins of this locomotory adapta...
Main Authors: | Wendy Den Boer, Nicolás E. Campione, Benjamin P. Kear |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2019-02-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.181617 |
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